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  • Shepard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Ihrig, (Public Defenders Office, Ejc), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, Jerome Rothschild (District Attorney), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1074

    Pro se defendant's assault and battery convictions affirmed

  • Aguirre-Gomez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig Oakes, (Attorney At Law), Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Cavedon, Gainesville, for appellee. Lee Darragh, Shiv Sachdeva, (District Attorney, Nejc of Ga Northeastern Judicial Circuit), Gainesville, for Other Party.
    Case Number: A18A1259

    Incorrect Jury Instructions Lead to Reversal of Conviction for Reckless Conduct and Firearms Possession

  • Brown v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Scott Carter, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit Public Defender) Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Layla Hinton Zon, Randal Matthew McGinley, ADA., (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1014

    Court Rejects Appeal of Murderer Convicted Twenty Years After Crime

  • Kennebrew v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Beau Andrew Worthington, (Coxen & Worthington, LLC), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sheila Ann Ross, A.D.A. (Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia), Morrow, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, Anna Green Cross, (The Summerville Firm) Atlanta, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Atlanta), for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0711

    Court Reverses Refusal to Suppress Evidence Discovered Through Warrantless Search of Backpacks Belonging to Murder Suspect

  • The State v. Atkins

    Publication Date: 2018-09-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, A.D.A., Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Scott Franklin McAfee, Senior A.D.A., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office ), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tamara Natasha Crawford, Sandra Kay Wolfe, (Atlanta Circuit Public Defender's Office) Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0770

    Court Orders Trial Court to Reconsider Admissibility of Other Acts Evidence in Anticipation of Murder Trial

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  • Raines v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Rupp Cribbs, Veronica M. O'Grady, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Scott L. Ballard, Benjamin David Coker, Brittany Ashton Fallin, A.D.A., (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0725

    Court Affirms Conviction of

  • Bennefield v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Bennefield, Alamo, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1410

    Court Rejects Untimely Appeal of Guilty Plea by Murderer

  • Lynch v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Kleinrock, (Attorney At Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, Deborah Wellborn, (Assistant District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1013

    Defendant can withdraw a guilty plea because he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to counsel

  • Bell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daronta Bell, (Attorney At Law), Nicholls, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, (Gwinnett Justice & Administrative Center) Lawrenceville, Lee Tittsworth, (Gwinnett Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1046

    Court Rejects Challenge to Armed Robbery Conviction but Orders Resentencing

  • Gelzer v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Ray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan Howard, (Howard Law Group), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Holmes, Michelle Dissman, Lindsay Raynor, (Douglas County Solicitor General), Douglasville, Matthew Krull, (Solicitor-General), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1067

    Court Orders Reconsideration of Motion to Suppress by DUI Suspect Seeking Suppression of Breath Test Results